U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development
Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants
Key facts
- Open now
- 1 grant
- Opening soon
- 2 grants
- Closed for this year
- 1 grant, next round estimated
- Type of help
- Formula grant (amounts set by a formula)
- Typical award
- From low of $63,935 to a high of $169,345,195 for New York City; average grant $1,949,851; median grant $897,413.
- Deadlines
- Nov 15, 2025 to Aug 16, 2026 For formula grants in the 2026 fiscal year, Annual Action Plans associated with the Consolidated Plan must be submitted based on the grantee's program year, but no earlier than the date...
How this money reaches Tennessee: this is a formula program. The federal government sends it to the state (or to large cities and counties), and a Tennessee agency usually passes it on to local groups as pass-through grants. Ask the state agency that runs it, or your regional development district, when their next local round opens.
The open grant below is for the governments the formula names. Most local groups apply through the state agency instead.
Open now
- Community Development Block Grant Subrecipient Application · Rolling: apply any time
Opening soon
Announced, but you can't apply yet. Get ready now.
- HUD Public Service Grants (CDBG / ESG Public Services funding) · Due about Jan 15, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- CDBG Public Service Grants · Opening date not announced
Closed for this year
This year's round is over. GrantMe estimated the next round from last year's dates.
- CDBG Subrecipient Grant Program (public services and home repair) · Next round: about Apr 1 – Apr 30, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
What it pays for
The primary objective of this program is the development of viable urban communities by providing decent housing, a suitable living environment, and expanding economic opportunities, principally for persons of low- and moderate-income. Each activity funded must meet one of the program's National Objectives by: Benefiting low- and moderate-income families; aiding in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight; or meeting other community
development needs having a particular urgency because existing conditions pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community where other financial resources are not available.
Who can apply
Recipients are cities in Metropolitan Areas designated by OMB as a central city of the Metropolitan Area; principal cities of Metropolitan Areas with populations of less than 50,000; other cities over 50,000 in population in Metropolitan Areas; and qualified urban counties of at least 200,000 (excluding the population in entitlement cities located within the boundaries of such counties) are eligible to receive CDBG entitlement grants determined by a statutory formula.
Match
Match: none required (federal program listing). Statutory Formula: Title 24, Part 570, Subpart A,Public Law 93-383.Entitlement grant amounts are determined by formula
Who in Tennessee has won this program
72 awards to Tennessee groups since 2019. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Memphis, Tennessee | Memphis, Shelby County | $9.2M | 2021 |
| City of Memphis, Tennessee | Memphis, Shelby County | $6.9M | 2021 |
| City of Memphis, Tennessee | Memphis, Shelby County | $6.8M | 2020 |
| City of Memphis, Tennessee | Memphis, Shelby County | $6.6M | 2019 |
| City of Memphis, Tennessee | Memphis, Shelby County | $6.6M | |
| City of Memphis, Tennessee | Memphis, Shelby County | $6.4M | 2023 |
| City of Memphis, Tennessee | Memphis, Shelby County | $6.4M | 2022 |
| City of Memphis, Tennessee | Memphis, Shelby County | $6.1M | 2024 |
| City of Memphis, Tennessee | Memphis, Shelby County | $6M | 2025 |
| City of Knoxville | Knoxville, Knox County | $2.9M | 2020 |
| City of Chattanooga | Chattanooga, Hamilton County | $2.4M | 2020 |
| City of Knoxville | Knoxville, Knox County | $1.8M | 2021 |
Source: USAspending.gov.
Tennessee groups that got this money through a state agency or another organization
This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. 24 pass-through grants on file. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Through | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knoxville Knox County Community Action Committee | Knoxville, Knox County | County of Knox | $358K | 2024 |
| Knoxville Knox County Community Action Committee | Knoxville, Knox County | County of Knox | $300K | 2023 |
| Knox Housing Partnership, Inc | Knoxville, Knox County | County of Knox | $268K | 2024 |
| Volunteer Ministry Center | Knoxville, Knox County | County of Knox | $160K | 2024 |
| Knox Housing Partnership, Inc | Knoxville, Knox County | County of Knox | $140K | 2023 |
| Knoxville Knox County Community Action Committee | Knoxville, Knox County | County of Knox | $132K | 2025 |
| Knoxville Knox County Community Action Committee | Knoxville, Knox County | County of Knox | $125K | 2024 |
| Great Southern Recreation, LLC | Murfreesboro, Rutherford County | City of Overland Park | $125K | 2024 |
| Sacred Ground Hospice | Knoxville, Knox County | County of Knox | $115K | 2025 |
| Knoxville Leadership Foundation | Knoxville, Knox County | County of Knox | $114K | 2024 |
| Neighborhood Housing, Inc | Knoxville, Knox County | County of Knox | $75K | 2024 |
| Interfaith Health Center, Inc | Knoxville, Knox County | County of Knox | $75K | 2024 |
Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).